Copyright 2026, Documentary Educational Resources https://store.der.org/washington-c173all.aspx Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:43:27 GMT 60 Nexternal RSS 2.0 en-us https://store.der.org/a-family-of-many-nations-p800.aspx Product800 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 14:52:00 GMT <div style="float:left"><a class="url" href="https://store.der.org/a-family-of-many-nations-p800.aspx"><img src="//cdn.nexternal.com/der/images/family-of-many-nations.jpg" alt="A Family of Many Nations" border="0" hspace="3"></a></div><span class="riRssTitle"><a href="https://store.der.org/a-family-of-many-nations-p800.aspx">A Family of Many Nations</a></span><br><a href="https://store.der.org/a-family-of-many-nations-p800.aspx">Buy Now:</a> <span color="#990000"><b>$320.00</b></span> <br /><br /><div>This is a hopeful story of the changing face of education in America. At White Center Heights Elementary School, located just south of Seattle, Washington, the students speak twenty-seven different languages and come from fifty different countries. Eighty percent of the students speak no English at home and ninety percent qualify for free or reduced lunch. As schools grow more diverse across the country, White Center Heights appears more as a window into the future of education rather than an anomaly.&nbsp;<div><br /></div><div>The film documents the uniquely positive approach to the daily cultural challenges. Here, differences are embraced and conflicts resolved. In addition to tackling issues such as poverty, and language barriers, school staff are faced with young children, many of whom have experienced the trauma of war and loss. From countries such as Somalia, Iraq, Eritrea, Laos, Vietnam, and El Salvador, the student population is a reflection of the rise in immigration of refugee families from war-torn areas.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Filmed with no outside narration, <i>A Family Of Many Nations</i> presents children, teachers, parents, local residents, and education experts talking openly about the school and home experience of students at White Center Heights. Emerging as the instrumental force behind the school's dynamic atmosphere is the principal, Greta Salmi; she demonstrates how to lead our students with empathy and intelligence in a complex new world. The microcosm of White Center Heights serves as an inspiration and an example for the kinds of opportunities which exist for developing successful, diverse communities in the 21st Century.<div><br /></div><div><b>Screening</b></div><div>Des Moines Cinema, Washington, 2003</div></div><br /><br />Visit <a href="https://store.der.org/washington-c173all.aspx">Washington</a> to see additional products in this category.</div> https://store.der.org/mark-tobey-p617.aspx Product617 Tue, 28 Aug 2018 14:49:00 GMT <div style="float:left"><a class="url" href="https://store.der.org/mark-tobey-p617.aspx"><img src="//cdn.nexternal.com/der/images/mark-tobey.jpg" alt="Mark Tobey" border="0" hspace="3"></a></div><span class="riRssTitle"><a href="https://store.der.org/mark-tobey-p617.aspx">Mark Tobey</a></span><br><a href="https://store.der.org/mark-tobey-p617.aspx">Buy Now:</a> <span color="#990000"><b>$295.00</b></span> <br /><br /><div><i>Mark Tobey</i> was made while the painter lived in Seattle, Washington early in the 1950s. It is only the second film made by Robert Gardner and tries to show in cinematic language how this man looked at the world; Tobey himself both performs and is observed.&nbsp;<div><br /></div><div>A unique film in the Gardner ouvre, the film not only presents an experimental portrait of Tobey but serves as a window into the American art, avant garde film, and poetic movements of this period.</div><br /><br />Visit <a href="https://store.der.org/washington-c173all.aspx">Washington</a> to see additional products in this category.</div>